Table-sweeper.



P. J. REBS'.

TABLE SWEEPBR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l. 1914.

1,1 15,023. Patented 0013.211914.

A [fur-fmA PAUL J'. BEES, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TABLE-SWEEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Application filed .Tune 1, 1914. Serial No. 842,260.

To all whom t may concern Be 1t known that I, PAUL J. lines, a citizen ot the Unlted States. residing at Meadyville, inthe county of Crawford, State of Pennsylvania, have lnvented certaln new and useful Improvements in Table-Sweepers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such 'as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a household device, and especially to a novel device adapted for use upon a dining or other table.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel device by means ot' which crumbs or other fragments may be expeditiously and etl'ectually removed from the table without danger of brushing them onto the floor.

An important object is to provide a device for this purpose which when passed over the top of the table will brush the fragments of food, such as crumbs into a receptacle contained within the body of the device itself.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be effective in se'rvice, and comparatively inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, 'my invention consists in the novel eonstructiomarrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter'fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line -1-4 of Fig.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 'designates the outer casing of my-device, which comprises a top Wall 6 bent to form side walls A7, and further comprises end walls 8. A handle 9 ot' any desired shape is secured upon the top Wall 6 for the purpose ot' providing hand engaging means whereby the device may be readily moved on the table.

Secured Within the casing 5 adjacent each end thereof are supporting frames 10. each of which comprises a rectangular body secured to the outer casing at its side walls 7 by means of bolts 11. lVithin each of the frames 10 are mounted, as at 12 a pair of rollers 13 preferably rubber tired for pose to be described.

The numeral 11 indicates the bruslnas a whole, which comprises a central spindle 15. At its ends the spindle 15 is provided with rollers 16 adapted to be disposed in engagement with the rollers 13 within the frames 10. In order that the. brush 11 may be readily removed from or engaged with the frames 10, I preferably provide the inner sides 17 of the frames 10 with slots 1S, the curved inner ends of which form one-halt the bearings for the spindle 15. After the brush 14 is placed in position with the ends ot the spindle 15 disposed within the slots 1S, it is prevented from displacement by means ot' bars 19 pivoted as at 20 upon the inner faces of the frames 10, and provided with curved recesses :'21 adapted to coperate with the slots 18 for 'forming complete bearings i'or the spindle 15. lhe bars 19 are formed. preferably o'l" spring metal and carry at their free ends projections 22 adapted to be engaged within openings in the. inner walls o'l. the trames 10, whereby swinging. o1 the bars 19 is prevented.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that when the device is pushed along the top ot the table the rollers` 13 will rotate, thereby rotating the brush 14. It will be apparent that as the device is pushed along the table, the crumbs or other fragments will be swept along by the brush 14. ln order to catch and retain the crumbs or other matter, I provide a pair ot' pans, designated as a whole by the numeral Q1 which are pivoted within the casing 5 between the frames 10, at their lower outermost edges by longitudinally extending wires 25. It will thus be seen that the pans Q-L may be swung upon the wires 25 as pivots. Each of the pans 21 comprises a` back wall Q6, a bottom Q7, ends :28, and an angular front portion Q9 which is disposed close to the brush 14.. The pans 21 are held in their normally horizontal or uppermost position -by means of springs 30 which have their body portions disposed above the brush 14 and their ends connected with the upper edges of the ends 2S, whereby the pans Q41 may be swung upwardly to their normal positions with their ends 28 enffaging the trames 10..

As the brush 14 is rotated as previously described, the crumbs and other fragments a purwill be swept into the, pans 24, their passage thereinto being facilitated by the outer inclined walls 2910i the pans. When the pans become too full, they may be readily emptied by swinging them downwardly upon the wires 25 as pivots, whereupon the passage of the crumbs therefrom is facilitated by the provision of an inner inclined plate 31 adjacent to and inclined in an opposite direction from the plate 29.

By the structure disclosed, it will be ap parent that by swinging the bars 19 so as t0 disengage the projections 22 from the openings 23, the brush 14 may be bodily removed from the device for cleansingn `It will be readily understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the `form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention, nor the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A table sweeper comprising a casing, frames secured therein adjacent its ends, a pair of rollers journaled within each of said frames, Said frames being provided with upwardly extending slots, a, brush having its journals mounted in said slots, bars pivoted on said frames and provided upon their edges with recesses for engagement with said journals, and'means for detachably securing the free ends of said barsupon said frames.

2. A table sweeper comprising a casing, rectangular open frames secured therein adjacent its ends, a pair of rollers journaled within each of said frames, said frames being provided with upwardly extending slots, a brush having its journals mounted in said slots, bars pivoted on said frames and proyvided upon their edges with recesses for engagement with said journals, and projections on said bars adapted to engage within openingsformed in said frames.

In testimony wliereof, I 'aiiix my signa-r ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL J. BEES.

Witnesses:

F. J. DAILEY, Gro. W. ARMSTRONG.

@opten of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of 'Patenten Washington, D. G. 

